Kevin Christensen
Software Engineer at WhatsApp Inc.
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Christensen is a seasoned Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building Android apps and internal tooling at WhatsApp, based in Mountain View. He combines deep practical skills across PHP, Java, JavaScript, databases and modern web frameworks with hands-on mobile development expertise. At WhatsApp he progressed from managing complex support automation and training materials to leading Android platform work and shipping production apps. His background in translation and Japanese studies informs a pragmatic, user-focused approach to internationalization and cross-cultural product issues. Known for streamlining support workflows through scripts, plugins and internal tools, he excels at turning support insights into durable engineering solutions.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
A.A, General, A.A, General at Pierce Community CollegeExchange, Japanese Culture and Language, Exchange, Japanese Culture and Language at Doshisha UniversityBachelor's degree, Japanese, Bachelor's degree, Japanese at University of California, Santa Barbara
English, Japanese
Github Skills (63)
python10
qmk-firmware10
mqtt10
internet-of-things10
asyncio10
iot10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
keyboard-shortcuts9
octoprint9
python-app9
usb9
firmware9
arduino-library9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
nivekmai/snapmaker-prusa
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Profiles for Prusa slicer which are designed for the Snapmaker 2.0
Contributions:21 commits, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 8 months
prusaslicersnapmaker
nivekmai/appdaemon-config
Aug 2019 - Sep 2025
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 1 month
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